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A mechanised vessel fisherman from Tharuvaikulam suffered superior burns arsenic a radical of state vessel fishermen lobbed state bombs and petrol bombs connected the mechanised vessel disconnected Koothenkuzhi seashore connected Thursday evening.
When the mechanised vessel owned by Thomas Surendran of T. Saveriyarpuram adjacent Thoothukudi, which was operating from Tharuvaikuam Fish Landing Centre, was returning to the basal aft multi-day heavy oversea enactment fishing, a radical of fishermen successful a fewer state boats hurled country-made bombs and Molotov cocktail connected the mechanised boat, successful which Periya Raj of Tharuvaikulam suffered superior burns connected his face, hands and the back.
“As the petrol bombs landed connected the fishnets and connected the boat, occurrence severely damaged the fishnets worthy ₹30 lakh and a information of the boat. We managed to extinguish the occurrence with oversea h2o and escaped from the attack. After launching akin onslaught connected October 6 last, the mechanised vessel of Vinodhan of Tharuvaikulam was forcibly hijacked to Koothenkuzhi by the state vessel fishermen of this coastal hamlet wherever ‘kangaroo court’ was conducted to escaped the mechanised boat. After paying the ransom, the mechanised vessel was released,” the fishermen successful the mechanised vessel said.
With injured Mr. Periya Raj, the vessel continued to sail to scope Tharuvaikulam.
On getting information, Superintendent of Police N. Silambarasan asked the Koodankulam constabulary to probe the incident.
